boboneleg

Yes, I've been up there quite a few times.

This is my Dad, sometime in the early sixties. That was the first bike I ever rode on, he took me out on the back across the moors , no helmets or any other bike gear. I suppose I was about 8 years old and I can remember that it frightened me at first but I loved the freedom of it. My dad never got to see me ride a motorcycle as he died when I was 15, I often wonder if he would of approved of my biking.

We can't tell much from that photo Tym, show us the whole boot(s)

@Skippy I reckon that was taken on top the fort on Monte Jaffreau ??

This young lady

That's a well cool car

on the upside Tym it's your life so you can do as you please.

Hello Fettman ?

I had exactly the same bike as yours and felt exactly the same way about mine

You must be so organised Pete, I've just been rooting around to try and find a photo of a Ford Capri (i had three of them ) but failed miserably .

I have to confess that I've had similar styles in the past ?

I slept in a Wolesley Hornet once when the girl I got off with wouldn't let me into her parents house. I did get into the house in the morning though and her parents made me breakfast..... result ? I can confirm though that it's not a comfortable car to sleep in ?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, I'm not sure I can answer that. We don't have a lot of sand (that you can ride on) in the UK so I don't have much experience to compare but the T700 is a fair bit heavier than a DR650.

I'd never knock a Cortina Pete but the one I had was definitely a lemon, not only in colour ?

The front forks were the let down, to softly sprung, A lot of owners put differnet front ends on them, mainly Yamha conversions as I remember. It was a very nice bike but the DR650 is a better bike imo.

Hello ?

That photo was taken in July

Worst car I had was a Daytona Yellow Mk3 Cortina, I felt a twat as I sold my Suzuki TS250ER to buy the Ford and the seller stitched me right up. The head gasket blew after two weeks (he disguised the overheating issue by taking the thermostat out) and the two of the wheels only had 3 wheel nut holding them on. It looked like this but a lot shabbier............

I'll have another go........

One of my favourite Dakar related photos, me with Patsy Quick....... Patsy Quick is an English off road motorcycle racer. She was the first British woman to compete in the Dakar Rally in 2003 and became the first British woman to complete it in 2006.

I found some more photos of the repaint, most of the panels I found on ebay then I prepped and painted them myself.

I think this is off-road Near the top of the Stella Alpina in 2005, my mates Varadero is on the right, I'm behind him sorting something out on my Transalp. Take no notice of the others, they are mere casuals on their lightweight enduro bikes (or they got more sense than us) My mate found out on the way back down that the linked brakes on his Varadero were not a good idea on snow covered hairpin bends

You're obviously a big Suzuki fan